Paradise: Love
Paradise: Love
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Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian hausfrau, travels to the beaches of Kenya as a sex tourist or Sugar Mama . There, she moves from one Beach Boy to the next, buying their love only to be disappointed and quickly learning that there, love is strictly a business. With his very unique brand of realism, socio-political critique and warped humor, Mr. Seidl deals with the market value of sexuality, older women and young men, the power of skin color, Europe and Africa, and the exploited, who have no choice but to exploit others. Part of Ulrich Seidl's "Paradise Trilogy" along with "Paradise: Faith" and "Paradise: Hope." In German and English with English subtitles.Ulrich Seidl--Austria/Germany/France--2012--121 mins.

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In this first installment of Ulrich Seidl's "Paradise" trilogy, the "paradise" of the title is a tawdry Kenyan resort in which the largely German-speaking clientele sunbathe and gambol on manicured lawns while the impoverished locals look on from beyond the well-guarded perimeter. "Paradise: Love" focuses on Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel), an aging and sagging Austrian, who enjoys a holiday that begins with ocean views and scampering monkeys, but soon evolves into dalliances with local men (chief among them Munga, played by the nonprofessional actor Peter Kazungu), men who profess love for purely mercenary ends. It is a portrait of two cultures, each exploiting the other through mutually degrading interactions that have nothing to do with the "Liebe" of the film's ironic title. Followed closely by "Paradise: Faith" (2012) and "Paradise: Hope" (2013), this excellent film features Seidl's trademark fixed-camera shots, which can impart more information about people and places than ten pages of dialog.

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